First snow-test: How'd your winter beaters do?

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Had the first chance to drive this winters victim in snow over the weekend... overall, it didn't fair to badly.
I was thinking the all-seasons and auto-tranny would really hinder things, but it wasn't too bad. Locked the fronts once or twice coming into some stop lights, but other then that it did ok.

... and as a bonus I already managed to half-rip the air dam off the front of the car plowing through a pile of snow.

feels good.

My Jetta did ok, until the driver side wiper stopped working on me. Had to pull a Ace Ventura some of the way, but I fixed it and its good as new. I also think i'm going to have to invest in some winter tires because I kept feeling my rear end slipping on me when going around corners.

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Dave: They came with the car, and they are pimping 13's.
I'm pretty sure Dartmouth Surplus sells them if you want to call and get a price.

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Cool, I may drop by and check them out....

Tonight I gotta figure out a fix for that air-damn... I'll be damned if I'm gonna lay down in the slush to re-mount it, so I see my options as:
1. Take it the rest of the way off.
2. Re-attach it with duct tape and/or zip ties...
hmmmm

The Schooner, the better.

My civic could be better...... I have Cooper winters on the front and Michelin artic alpins on the back that are balding..... The coopers grip really good but the michelins are balding and it is just like driving with McDonalds trays under my rear wheels!

I got stuck on a snowbank yesterday, but my car only has like 5" of clearance.

I am totally not used to driving a light FWD car in the snow..... the last 3 years I have been driving a Mazda 2wd truck what was amazing in the snow. Now it is sitting in my driveway with a hole in a cylinder wall and I'm too broke to get it fixed...... now I gotta wait for my income tax check....

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My Jetta did ok, until the driver side wiper stopped working on me. Had to pull a Ace Ventura some of the way, but I fixed it and its good as new. I also think i'm going to have to invest in some winter tires because I kept feeling my rear end slipping on me when going around corners.